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Karosseriebau Friedrich Rometsch, Berlin: Not just four-door Beetles

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Created on July 1, 1976

Reading time 3min

Written by:

R. Stuhlemmer

Photos:

Bruno von Rotz

Petra Sagnak / classiccar-photo.de

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Bruno von Rotz

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Schönes Coupé von Rometsch, elegant inszeniert - gesehen an der Techno Classica 2016

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Borgward Hansa 1500 Sport Coupé (1950) - mit eleganter Karosserie von Rometsch

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Goliath GP 700 Sport (1950) – Prototyp mit Rudy-Karosserie, erkennbar am etwas eckigeren hinteren Radausschnitt

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Goliath GP 700 Sport (1951) – mit Rometsch-Karosserie

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VW Rometsch Beeskow Cabriolet (1951) - an der IAA Frankfurt 1951

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VW Rometsch Beeskow Cabriolet (1952) - eleganter Vorgänger des Karmann-Ghia

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VW Rometsch Cabriolet (1951) - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1951 - Karosserie von Rometsch in Anlehnung an italienische Vorbilder

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VW Cabriolet Rometsch (1954) - so karossiert ein Berliner das Volkswagenchassis - Genfer Automobilsalon 1954

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VW Käfer Taxi (1952) - viertüriger Käfer für den Einsatz als Taxi von Rometsch

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VW Käfer Taxi (1952) - Blick in den Innenraum der viertürigen Ausführung

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VW Rometsch (1957) - mit zweifarbiger Karosserie aufgespanntem Dach

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Rometsch VW Cabriolet Beeskow (1956) - mit Judson-Kompressor 55 PS stark und 145 km/h schnell - Classic-Gala Schwetzingen 2020

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Rometsch Beeskow Coupé (1955) - mit Nummer C2 im Concours d'Elégance an der Schloss Bensberg Classics 2015

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VW Rometsch Modell Beeskow Coupé (1952) - die Leute können kaum glauben, dass da ein Käfer daruntersitzt - 40. Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch Modell Beeskow Coupé (1952) - einer der schönsten Wagen auf dem Platz - 40. Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch Modell Beeskow Coupé (1952) - elegante Schöpfung - 40. Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch Modell Beeskow Coupé (1952) - neben dem Cabriolet desselben Grundmodells - 40. Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch Modell Beeskow Cabriolet (1956) - Blick ins Cockpit - 40. Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch Modell Beeskow Cabriolet (1956) - Schriftzug des damals sehr teuren Modells - 40. Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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Volkswagen Rometsch Beeskow - herrliches Cabriolet vom deutschen Karosseriebauer - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2015

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Rometsch VW Beeskow CabrioletI (1957) - elegante offene Käfervariante - SK Collection (Retro Classics Stuttgart 2018)

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Impressionen von den Classic Days auf Schloss Dyck - ein viertüriger Käfer von Rometsch, gebaut als Taxi im Jahr 1952

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Impressionen von den Classic Days auf Schloss Dyck - ein viertüriger Käfer von Rometsch gebaut und verwendet als Taxi ab 1952

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Rometsch Porsche Spyder (1963) - 200 km/h schnell mit 68 PS - Prototyp Automuseum

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Volkswagen Rometsch (Lawrence) von 1959 in der Ausstellung von VW - Classic Days Schloss Dyck 2014

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VW Rometsch Coupé "Lawrence" (1958) - damals 10'500 DM teuer, einen Porsche 356 gab es für 9000 DM - Einzelstück mit Alukarosserie (Techno Classica 2017)

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Summary

The coachbuilder Rometsch is best known for its sporty special versions based on the Volkswagen, but the Berliners also produced elegant special bodies for luxury vehicles and a four-door Beetle cab variant, as well as bodies for Borgward and Goliath. This report looks back on the work of the Berlin coachbuilder.

This article contains the following chapters

Start in Berlin
Special bodies and cabs
A new start after the Second World War
Sporty and practical Volkswagen
Accident car repairs

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Friedrich Rometsch company was founded in the 1920s, almost 100 years ago. After Friedrich Rometsch completed his apprenticeship as a wheelwright in 1900, he went on the road until 1907. Alexis Kellner, Voll and Ruhrbeck, Erdmann and Rossi, Joseph Neuss and Gläser were not only the names of well-known coachbuilders for Friedrich Rometsch, who was born in Forchheim in Baden in 1880, but also the places where he trained and worked. He finally came to Berlin via Nuremberg, Leipzig and Dresden. In 1924, he rented two garages in Nestorstraße in the then new Halensee district to open his own coachbuilding company. Nearby were the competing companies Jos. Neuss and Erdmann & Rossi were also located nearby.

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